Game

Canadiens at Penguins

Canadiens 4, Penguins 2 · first star Jacob Fowler (0 GA, .947 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Montreal Canadiens 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Canadiens MTL

4 FINAL 2

Penguins PIT

Thursday, December 11, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	2	1	4	29
Penguins	0	0	2	2	38

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 29, PIT 38.

MTL in red PIT in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 29 shots on goal (4 goals, 11 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 38 shots on goal (2 goals, 16 missed, 27 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	9	1	23	4	0	16
2nd	11	2	22	16	0	32
3rd	9	1	15	18	2	33
Total	29	4	60	38	2	81

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	27	3	22	1
Power play	2	1	16	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 57.5% of the shot attempts, and 43.2% of the 88 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	41.0	40.0
2nd	59.3	61.5
3rd	68.8	66.7
Game	57.5	57.5

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

02:54 Alexandre Texier (1) Unassisted · snap 1–0

2nd period

04:37 Brendan Gallagher (2) Lane Hutson (18), Juraj Slafkovský (8) · wrist 2–0
10:18 Cole Caufield (17) PP Nick Suzuki (26), Lane Hutson (19) · wrist 3–0

3rd period

00:44 Bryan Rust (9) Sidney Crosby (14), Tommy Novak (10) · wrist 3–1
00:59 Oliver Kapanen (10) Juraj Slafkovský (9), Ivan Demidov (18) · wrist 4–1
15:07 Erik Karlsson (2) PP Kris Letang (12), Bryan Rust (14) · snap 4–2

Three stars

Jacob Fowler MTL · G #32 · 0 GA, .947 SV%
Oliver Kapanen MTL · C #91 · 1 G, 0 A
Bryan Rust PIT · R #17 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	09:16	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	holding	2	Justin Brazeau
1st	13:48	PIT	Justin Brazeau	holding	2	Jayden Struble
2nd	04:58	MTL	Noah Dobson	slashing	2	Rutger McGroarty
2nd	09:29	PIT	Ville Koivunen	tripping	2	Adam Engstrom
2nd	10:32	MTL	Jared Davidson	holding	2	Sidney Crosby
3rd	02:15	PIT	Danton Heinen	slashing	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	04:11	MTL	Ivan Demidov	hooking	2	Ryan Shea
3rd	05:46	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	roughing	2	Ben Kindel
3rd	14:50	MTL	Adam Engstrom	holding	2	Rutger McGroarty
3rd	19:41	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2	Noah Dobson

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	50.0	18:06
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	2	2	+3	2	0	4	0	0.0	22:15
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	2	0	64.3	19:03
Alexandre Texier #85	L	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:32
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	33.3	09:57
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	-1	4	1	1	0	0.0	18:12
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	1	1	-1	4	0	2	0	20.8	23:02
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	12:43
Jared Davidson #49	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	05:44
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	37.5	12:20
Owen Beck #62	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	57.1	09:08
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0	100.0	16:29
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	100.0	16:26
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	11:30
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4	0.0	21:40
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	13:20
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	0	0.0	25:47
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	+3	2	0	4	2	0.0	21:38

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	W	38	36	2	.947	21/22	15/16	59:51

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Bryan Rust #17	R	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	25:35
Erik Karlsson #65	D	1	0	1	0	5	1	2	0	0.0	27:22
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	1	1	0	7	2	0	0	84.6	24:29
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	50.0	15:24
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	2	0.0	21:59
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	-1	7	1	2	0	37.5	21:24
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:20
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	62.5	13:11
Danton Heinen #43	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	33.3	10:10
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	0.0	18:36
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	0.0	10:11
Kevin Hayes #13	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	33.3	11:53
Rutger McGroarty #2	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0.0	10:24
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	13:25
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0.0	13:06
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	18:59
Ryan Graves #27	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	12:59
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	16:25

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Tristan Jarry #35	L	29	25	4	.862	24/27	1/2	56:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.